Refugia Design/Build Information

Refugia Design is an ecological landscape design-build and stewardship firm featured in Fine Gardening, Architectural Digest, Martha Stewart Living, Landscape Architecture Magazine and Gardenista's publication 'The Low-Impact Garden' (2025). Since 2015, Refugia has been offering distinctive native landscape design for both residential and commercial green spaces throughout the Greater Philadelphia Area, Delaware, New Jersey, Connecticut and Washington DC. Refugia also consults with public gardens, land trusts and organizations to help tell their story of people and place. Major exhibitor and award-winners at the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society’s Philadelphia Flower Show, Refugia is known for an immersive, naturalistic design aesthetic and meadow expertise at projects ranging in size from city yards to suburban estates. The company's ground-breaking initiatives include mapping the ecological impact of 350+ resilient functional habitats via their Greenway Network that promotes connectivity for plants, people, insects and wildlife while restoring ecosystem function to neighborhoods. Landscape design accolades include residential, commercial and show garden awards from the Association for Professional Landscape Designers (APLD), Perennial Plant Association, PA-DE ASLA, Lower Merion Township Environmental Advisory Council. In addition, recipients of the Governor's Trophy for most innovative design (PHS Flower Show 2022), American Horticultural Society Environmental Award, PHS Educational Award, PHS Gardening for the Greater Good Award and the Special Achievement Award of the Garden Club Federation of Pennsylvania.